Nutrient medium for cultivating bacteria

ABSTRACT

The invention relates to microbiology, and more particularly to nutrient media used for cultivating bacteria for the subsequent study thereof. A nutrient medium comprising a pancreatic digest of casein, a peptic digest of meat, a heart pancreatic digest, yeast extract, starch and water is characterized in that it additionally contains violuric acid and beef infusion, wherein the ratio of ingredients is (wt %): 0.3-1.0 pancreatic digest of casein; 0.1-1.5 peptic digest of meat; 0.1-0.9 heart pancreatic digest; 0.1-2.0 yeast extract, 0.3-0.8 starch; 0.001-0.05 violuric acid; 2.0-15 beef infusion; the remainder water. The nutrient medium can additionally contain 0.3-2.5 wt % agar-agar and/or 1-20 wt % whole or hemolyzed sheep red blood cells and/or 1-20 wt % whole or hemolyzed human red blood cells and/or 1-15 wt % horse blood serum. This provides for the simultaneous growth of the maximum possible number of bacteria present in an inoculate.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a U.S. National Phase Application under 35 U.S.C. §371 of International Patent Application No. PCT/RU2016/000383, filedJun. 23, 2016, which published as WO 2016/209117 A1 on Dec. 29, 2016 andwhich claims priority to Russian Patent Application No. 2015124601,filed on Jun. 23, 2015, all of which are herein incorporated byreference in their entirety.

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TECHNICAL FIELD

The invention relates to microbiology, and more particularly to nutrientmedia used for cultivating bacteria for the subsequent study thereof.

BACKGROUND ART

For the growth and multiplication process, the bacteria must receive allthe substances that are necessary for the biosynthesis of cellularcomponents and energy production [Balows A., Hausler W. J. Jr., HerrmannK. L., Isenberg H. D., Shadow H. J. Manual of clinical Microbiology,5thed. ASM, 1991, 1226-1288].

Nutrient media are divided into media of general use suitable for thegeneration of many species of microorganisms, and special media,designed for selective cultivation of certain types of bacteria,studying of their properties and storage. Among the special media areelective (selective), differential-diagnostic (indicator) and canning[Balows A., Hausler W. J. Jr., Herrmann K. L., Isenberg H. D., Shadow H.J. Manual of clinical Microbiology, 5thed. ASM, 1991, 1226-1288].

There is a general-purpose medium, the so-called Columbian medium,containing pancreatic digest of casein, pepsin digest of meat,pancreatic digest of a heart, yeast extract, starch and water.

This medium was chosen by us as a prototype of the claimed invention[Ellner, P D, C J Stoessel, E. Drakeford, and F. Vasi. 1966. A newculture medium for medical bacteriology. Am. J. Clin. Pathol.45:502-504].

The disadvantage of the prototype is the fact that its use does not takeinto account the two qualities of the medium, the need for which aroseafter the discovery of the bacteria called “not yet cultivated” [Oliver,J D. “Recent findings on the viable but nonculturable state inpathogenic bacteria.” FEMS Microbiol Rev 2010, 34: 415-25]—thesimultaneous growth in a single casserole (tube) of a mixture ofmaximally diverse bacteria and a sufficient rate of growth of bothindividual bacteria and their mixed communities.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is an object of the present invention to provide a nutrient mediumallowing simultaneous growth of the maximum possible number of bacteriapresent in the seed material.

According to the invention, the nutrient medium including pancreaticdigest of casein, pepsin digest of meat, pancreatic digest of a heart,yeast extract, starch and water, additionally contains violuric acid andbeef infusion, with the following ratio of components (wt %):

pancreatic digest of casein—0.3-1.0;

pepsin digest of meat—0.1-1.5;

pancreatic digest of a heart—0.1-0.9;

yeast extract 0.1-2.0;

starch—0.3-0.8;

violuric acid—0.001-0.05;

infusion of beef—2.0-15;

water—the rest.

The nutrient medium may additionally contain 0.3 to 2.5 wt % ofagar-agar and/or whole or hemolysed erythrocytes of sheep blood—1-20 wt%, and/or whole hemolyzed erythrocytes of human blood—1-20 wt %, and/orhorse blood serum—1-15% by weight.

The applicant is not aware of any sources of information that wouldcontain information about identical technical solutions, which makes itpossible to conclude that the claimed invention complies with the“Novelty” (“N”) criterion.

Due to the implementation of the claimed technical solution, a technicalresult is achieved, which is to ensure a sufficient simultaneous growthof the maximum possible number of bacteria present in the material beingsown.

The applicant has not found any sources of information containing dataon the influence of the features of the invention on the technicalresult produced by the invention.

In applicant's opinion, the abovementioned new properties of the objectenable to conclude that the invention conforms to the criterion“Inventive Step” (IS).

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Preparation of Nutrient Medium

The medium was prepared as follows: the following weighed portions ofthe medium components were prepared, wt %: pancreatic digest of casein,0.3-1.0; pepsin digest of meat, 0.1-1.5; pancreatic digest of a heart,0.1-0.9; yeast extract, 0.1-2.0; starch, 0.3-0.8; violuric acid,0.001-0.05; beef infusion, 2.0-15. The components were mixed, distilledwater was added to a total volume of 1000 ml, a pH of 7.3±0.2 was set (a0.1 N hydrochloric acid solution or 0.1 N sodium hydroxide solution) andboiled, then hot-filtered through a paper, cotton-gauze, or other typeof filter, or a web that retains mechanical impurities, or allowed tostand.

To prepare the agar medium 0.3-2.5 wt % agar-agar was added to theoriginal mixture before adding water, after which the preparation wascarried out in the same way as for the liquid medium. The settled meltedagar media were filtered through a cotton-gauze filter.

The medium was sterilized by high temperature in autoclaves underpressure or with flowable steam. Typically, the medium was sterilized inan autoclave at 0.5-1.0 atm. (120.6°) for 15-30 minutes. After coolingto +450° C., whole or hemolyzed erythrocytes of ram blood or human blood1-20 wt %, or horse blood serum (1-15 wt %) were added to the mediumaccording to the example.

Assessment of Microbial Diversity

An artificial mixture of bacteria with morphological featuresdistinguishable by light microscopy was placed on the medium:gram-positive representatives of the genera Staphylococcus,Streptococcus, Micrococcus, various Corynebacterium, spore-formingBacillus, Paenibacillus, Oceanobacillus, various Actinomyces,Lactobacillus Gram-negative Neisseria, Escherichia, Brucella,Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, Proteus, Bordetella. From the colonies ofmicroorganisms smears were prepared and then Gram stained, followed bythe use of light microscopy.

The results of the comparison with the prototype of the claimed nutrientmedium and medium supplemented with agar-agar according to the number ofdifferent grown bacteria are given in Table 1.

Analysis of the results shown in Table 1 showed that the declarednutrient medium with the addition of agar-agar and without it allows thecultivation of a maximum number of microorganisms superior to that ofthe prototype, both with the addition of erythrocytes of the blood of aram or human blood or serum and without them.

The results of the comparison with the prototype according to the numberof different grown bacteria are given in Table 2.

Analysis of the results shown in Table 2 showed that the declared liquidnutrient medium allows the cultivation of a maximum number ofmicroorganisms superior to that of the prototype, both with the additionof erythrocytes of the blood of a ram or human blood or serum andwithout them.

Bacteria Growth Rate

In addition, a comparison with the prototype of the composition of thecomponents as of Example 12 of the claimed nutrient medium with respectto the growth time of the grown colonies of microorganisms was performedon a liquid nutrient medium with the composition of the components inaccordance with Examples 14, 15, 18, 19, 22, and 23. In the medium, 10strains of various bacteria were sown (the mixture included variousstrains of staphylococci, Escherichia coli, microcroc, corynebacterium,salmonella, pseudomonas, proteus, bacilli). The results of thecomparison with the prototype according to the growth time of the growncolonies of microorganisms are given in Table 3.

Analysis of the results shown in Table 3 showed that the declarednutrient medium allows obtaining the maximum variety of microorganismsin the material under study, after 8 hours of growth, while on theprototype medium the appearance of the maximum number of morphotypes wasrecorded only after 12 hours of growth.

Efficacy of Using a Nutrient Medium to Extract Bacteria from aPathological Material

The tested material was sown on a nutrient medium with the compositionof the components as in Examples 2-11, 13-23. As a comparison, a mediumselected as a prototype with the composition of the components as ofExample 12 was used. The samples were incubated at 37° C. for 24 hours.

Metagenomic Analysis

Extraction of DNA.

DNA extraction from the pathological material and bacteria grown on themedium was carried out using a standard QIAamp DNA Mini Kit (QIAGEN)according to the available protocol.

Amplification was performed using eubacterial primers 27F-534R flankingthe hypervariable region of the 16S rRNA gene.

27F: ′5-AGAGTTTGATYMTGGCTCAG-3′ 534R: ′5-ATTACCGCGGCTGCTGG-3′.

The pair of oligonucleotide primers used in the work is specific to theconserved sections of the 16S rRNA gene and is used in metagenomicstudies to detect the bacterial diversity of various communities [Dong,Qunfeng, et al. “The microbial communities in male first catch urine arehighly similar to those in paired urethral swab specimens.” PLoS One 6.5(2011): e19709. Petrosino, Joseph F., et al. “Metagenomic pyrosequencingand microbial identification.” Clinical Chemistry 55.5 (2009): 856-866].

Metagenomic sequencing of the fragment of the 16S rRNA gene wasperformed on a Roche/454 Genome Sequencer FLX Titanium pyrosequencer.The maximum length of the sequences obtained was 507 nucleotides;chimeric sequences and sequences shorter than 300 nucleotides were notincluded in the analysis.

Analysis of Diversity and Taxonomic Composition

Each sequence obtained during pyrosequencing was identified bycomparison with the sequences of the GenBank and EzTaxon databases usingthe BLASTN search algorithms and pairwise comparison. To determine thespecies diversity, the taxonomic composition and for comparison ofcommunities, the Pyrosequencing pipeline (http://pyro.cme.msu.edu) wasused. The resulting sequences were aligned and cluster analysis wasperformed using the Complete Linkage Clustering program, which is partof the Pyrosequencing pipeline. Clustering was performed at differentlevels characterized by different distances between clusters (from 0 to0.25 in 0.01 increments). The isolation of the filotypes (OTU) wascarried out at a cluster distance of 0.03; assessment of the taxonomiccomplexity of communities was carried out at levels of differencescorresponding to the following taxa: species—0.03, genus—0.05,family—0.1, using Rarefaction program (Pyrosequencing pipeline). Tocharacterize the taxonomic composition of communities, a clusteranalysis was carried out. Next, the same was carried out for eachcluster, by means of Dereplicate Request program for the nucleotidesequence corresponding to the cluster center having the minimum sum ofsquares of distances to the other sequences in the cluster.Representative cluster sequences were taxonomically classified.Classification of species at all stages of work was carried out on thebasis of the genotypic approach in accordance with the internationalcode of the nomenclature of bacteria (ICNB). If the representativesequence had a homology of more than 97% with the sequence of thevalidated microorganism, the cluster was assigned to the correspondingspecies.

Bacteria in Urine

As a result of pyrosequencing, a significant species diversity ofbacteria was found in the urine sample, where one order, one family, andfour Enterobacteriales species were detected. In the pathologicalmaterial, microorganisms of four genera of the Enterobacteriales orderwere found. The species of microorganisms occurring in the urineisolated on a nutrient medium with the composition of the componentsaccording to Examples 2-11, 13-23, are shown in Table 4.

On the medium selected as a prototype with the composition of thecomponents according to Examples 1 and 12, the growth of bacteria ofonly one species identified as Escherichia coli was obtained.

While on the declared nutrient medium with the composition of thecomponents in all the examples as a result of the studies almost 100%coincidence of the microorganism species giving growth on the declaredmedium in comparison with the urine species was obtained from themetagenomic analysis, which indicates a high efficiency of the claimednutrient medium to ensure the growth of the entire diversity of bacteriathat occur in the pathological material of the type being studied.

Bacteria in Traumatic Discharge

As a result of pyrosequencing, a significant species diversity ofbacteria was found in the traumatic detachable, which includes bacteriabelonging to one order, one family, and 8 species. In the pathologicalmaterial, the number of sequences was dominated by bacteria of the orderof Enterobacteriales. The species of microorganisms occurring in thetraumatic detachable isolated on a nutrient medium with the compositionof the components according to Examples 2-11, 13-23, are shown in Table5.

On the medium selected as a prototype with the composition of thecomponents according to Examples 1 and 12, the growth of bacteria ofonly one species identified as Klebsiella oxytoca was obtained.

While on the declared nutrient medium with the composition of thecomponents in all the examples as a result of the studies almost 100%coincidence of the microorganism species giving growth on the declaredmedium in comparison with the traumatic discharge species was obtainedfrom the metagenomic analysis, which indicates a high efficiency of theclaimed nutrient medium to ensure the growth of the entire diversity ofbacteria that occur in the pathological material of the type beingstudied.

Detection of a large number of bacteria of different species of the samegenus during metagenomic analysis indicates the presence of bacteriawith an unexplored genome, i.e. related to the group of unknown, yet notcultivated bacteria.

Bacteria in Sputum

As a result of pyrosequencing, a significant species diversity ofbacteria in sputum was detected, which includes the followingmicroorganisms: 7 orders, 8 families, 15 species. In the pathologicalmaterial, the number of sequences was dominated by bacteria of the twoorders: Pseudomonadales and Burkholderiales. In the sputum therepresentation of Pseudomonadales and Burkholderiales was 88.3% and8.5%. Isolated on a nutrient medium with the composition of thecomponents according to Examples 2-11, 13-23, the species ofmicroorganisms occurring in the sputum are shown in Table 6.

On the medium selected as a prototype with the composition of thecomponents according to Examples 1 and 12, the growth of bacteria ofonly one species identified as Staphylococcus epidermidis was obtained.

While on the declared nutrient medium with the composition of thecomponents in all the examples as a result of the studies almost 100%coincidence of the microorganism species giving growth on the declaredmedium in comparison with the sputum species was obtained from themetagenomic analysis, which indicates a high efficiency of the claimednutrient medium to ensure the growth of the entire diversity of bacteriathat occur in the pathological material of the type being studied.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The invention can be implemented using common constructional materialsand equipment, resulting, according to the applicant's opinion, incompliance of the invention with the “Industrial Applicability” (“IA”)patentability criterion.

Embodiments

1. The nutrient media for cultivating bacteria including pancreaticdigest of casein, pepsin digest of meat, pancreatic digest of a heart,yeast extract, starch and water, characterized in that it additionallycontains violuric acid and beef infusion, with the following ratio ofcomponents (wt %):

pancreatic digest of casein—0.3-1.0;

pepsin digest of meat—0.1-1.5;

pancreatic digest of a heart—0.1-0.9;

yeast extract—0.1-2.0;

starch—0.3-0.8;

infusion of beef—2.0-15;

violuric acid—0.001-0.05;

water—the rest.

2. The nutrient medium according to embodiment 1, characterized in thatit additionally contains agar-agar (0.3-2.5 wt %).

3. The nutrient medium according to embodiment 1 or 2, characterized inthat it additionally contains horse blood serum—1-15 wt %. 4. Thenutrient medium according to embodiment 1 or 2, characterized in that itadditionally contains erythrocytes of ram blood—1-20 wt %.

5. The nutrient medium according to embodiment 4 characterized in thatit additionally contains hemolyzed erythrocytes of ram blood—1-20 wt %.

6. The nutrient medium according to embodiment 1 or 2, characterized inthat it additionally contains erythrocytes of human blood—1-20 wt %.

7. The nutrient medium according to embodiment 6 characterized in thatit additionally contains hemolyzed erythrocytes of human blood—1-20 wt%.

TABLE 1 Number of different bacteria grown on claimed nutrient mediasupplemented with agar-agar Number of different bacteria Number ofdifferent # in the artificial bacteria grown on Example Nutrient media.Mass % mixture nutrient medium 1 2 3 4 1 Prototype: 25 10 pancreaticcasein digest - 0.5 pepsin meat digest -1 heart pancreatic digest - 0.5yeast extract -0.15 starch - 0.5 water - 97.35 2 Media according toembodiment 1: 25 14 pancreatic casein digest - 0.3 pepsin meatdigest-0.1 heart pancreatic digest - 0.1 yeast extract - 0.1 starch 0.3vialuric acid - 0.001 beef tincture - 2.0 water - 97.099 3 Mediaaccording to embodiment 2: 25 17 pancreatic casein digest - 1.0 pepsinmeat digest - 1.5 heart pancreatic digest - 0.9 yeast extract - 2.0starch - 0.8 vialuric acid - 0.05 beef tincture - 15.0 agar-agar - 0.3water - 78.45 4 Media according to embodiment 3: 25 21 pancreatic caseindigest - 0.5 pepsin meat digest - 0.5 heart pancreatic digest - 0.5yeast extract - 0.5 starch - 0.5 vialuric acid - 0.01 beef tincture -8.0 agar-agar - 0.8 horse serum - 5.0 water - 83.69 5 Media according toembodiment 3: 25 22 pancreatic casein digest - 0.8 pepsin meatdigest-1.2 heart pancreatic digest - 0.8 yeast extract - 1.5 starch -0.8 vialuric acid - 0.04 beef tincture - 12.0 agar-agar - 2.2 horseserum - 15.0 water - 65.66 6 Media according to embodiment 4: 25 21pancreatic casein digest - 0.9 pepsin meat digest 1.0 heart pancreaticdigest - 0.7 yeast extract - 1.0 starch - 0.6 vialuric acid - 0.04 beeftincture - 10.0 agar-agar - 1.2 non-hemolyzed lamb - erythrocytes - 1.0water - 83.56 7 Media according to embodiment 5: 25 21 pancreatic caseindigest - 0.6 pepsin meat digest - 0.8 heart pancreatic digest - 0.4yeast extract - 0.7 starch - 0.4 vialuric acid - 0.03 beef tincture -7.0 agar-agar - 0.9 hemolyzed lamb erythrocytes - 5.0 water - 84.17 8Media according to embodiment 5: 25 22 pancreatic casein digest - 0.6pepsin meat digest - 0.8 heart pancreatic digest - 0.4 yeast extract -0.7 starch - 0.4 vialuric acid - 0.03 beef tincture - 7.0 agar-agar -0.9 hemolyzed lamb erythrocytes - 20.0 water - 69.17 9 Media accordingto embodiment 6: 25 20 pancreatic casein digest - 0.9 pepsin meatdigest- 1.0 heart pancreatic digest - 0.7 yeast extract - 1.0 starch -0.6 vialuric acid - 0.04 beef tincture - 10.0 agar-agar - 1.2non-hemolyzed human erythrocytes - 1.0 water - 83.56 10 Media accordingto embodiment 7: 25 21 pancreatic casein digest - 0.6 pepsin meatdigest - 0.8 heart pancreatic digest - 0.4 yeast extract - 0.7 starch -0.4 vialuric acid -0.03 beef tincture - 7.0 agar-agar - 0.9 hemolyzedhuman erythrocytes - 5.0 water - 84.17 11 Media according to embodiment7: 25 22 pancreatic casein digest - 0.6 pepsin meat digest- 0.8 heartpancreatic digest - 0.4 yeast extract - 0.7 starch - 0.4 vialuric acid -0.03 beef tincture - 7.0 agar-agar - 0.9 hemolyzed human erythrocytes -20.0 water - 69.17

TABLE 2 Number of different bacteria grown on claimed liquid nutrientmedia Number of different bacteria Number of different # in theartificial bacteria grown on Example Nutrient media. Mass % mixturenutrient medium 1 2 3 4 12 Prototype: 12 7 pancreatic casein digest -1.0 pepsin meat digest - 1.4 heart pancreatic digest - 0.9 yeastextract - 1.5 starch - 0.8 water - 94.4 13 Media according to embodiment1: 12 9 pancreatic casein digest - 1.0 pepsin meat digest- 1.5 heartpancreatic digest - 0.9 yeast extract - 2.0 starch - 0.8 vialuric acid -0.05 beef tincture - 15.0 water - 78.75 14 Media according to embodiment3: 12 10 pancreatic casein digest - 0.5 pepsin meat digest - 0.5 heartpancreatic digest - 0.5 yeast extract - 0.5 starch - 0.5 vialuric acid -0.01 beef tincture - 8.0 horse serum - 1.0 water - 88.49 15 Mediaaccording to embodiment 3: 12 10 pancreatic casein digest - 0.5 pepsinmeat digest - 0.5 heart pancreatic digest - 0.5 yeast extract - 0.5starch - 0.5 vialuric acid - 0.01 beef tincture - 8.0 horse serum - 5.0water - 84.49 16 Media according to embodiment 4: 12 10 pancreaticcasein digest - 0.9 pepsin meat digest - 1.0 heart pancreatic digest -0.7 yeast extract - 1.0 starch - 0.6 vialuric acid - 0.04 beef tincture10.0 non-hemolyzed lamb erythrocytes - 5.0 water - 80.76 17 Mediaaccording to embodiment 4: 12 10 pancreatic casein digest - 0.4 pepsinmeat digest- 0.8 heart pancreatic digest - 0.2 yeast extract - 0.8starch - 0.4 vialuric acid - 0.04 beef tincture - 5.0 non-hemolyzed lamberythrocytes - 20.0 water - 72.36 18 Media according to embodiment 5: 1210 pancreatic casein digest - 0.9 pepsin meat digest - 1.2 heartpancreatic digest - 0.7 yeast extract - 1.7 starch - 0.7 vialuric acid -0.04 beef tincture - 12.0 hemolyzed lamb erythrocytes - 1.0 water -81.76 19 Media according to embodiment 5: 12 10 pancreatic caseindigest - 0.6 pepsin meat digest - 0.8 heart pancreatic digest - 0.4yeast extract - 0.7 starch - 0.4 vialuric acid 0.03 beef tincture - 7.0hemolyzed lamb erythrocytes - 10.0 water - 80.07 20 Media according toembodiment 6: 12 10 pancreatic casein digest - 0.9 pepsin meat digest -1.0 heart pancreatic digest - 0.7 yeast extract - 1.0 starch - 0.6vialuric acid - 0.04 beef tincture - 10.0 non-hemolyzed humanerythrocytes - 5.0 water - 80.76 21 Media according to embodiment 6: 1210 pancreatic casein digest - 0.4 pepsin meat digest - 0.8 heartpancreatic digest - 0.2 yeast extract - 0.8 starch - 0.4 vialuric acid -0.04 beef tincture - 5.0 non-hemolyzed human erythrocytes - 20.0 water -72.36 22 Media according to embodiment 7: 12 10 pancreatic caseindigest - 0.9 pepsin meat digest 1.2 heart pancreatic digest - 0.7 yeastextract - 1.7 starch - 0.7 vialuric acid - 0.04 beef tincture - 12.0hemolyzed human erythrocytes - 1.0 water - 81.76 23 Media according toembodiment 7: 12 10 pancreatic casein digest - 0.6 pepsin meat digest -0.8 heart pancreatic digest - 0.4 yeast extract - 0.7 starch - 0.4vialuric acid - 0.03 beef tincture - 7.0 hemolyzed human erythrocytes-10.0 water - 80.07

TABLE 3 Number of different morphotypes of grown colonies ofmicroorganisms at different time-points Number of identified morphotypesof grown colonies of microorganisms Nutrient media Time of growth(hours) # example 2 4 6 8 12 18 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Prototype: Example 120 2 4 6 7 7 7 Media according to 0 4 8 10 10 10 10 embodiment 3: Example14 Media according to 0 4 8 10 10 10 10 embodiment 5 or 7: Example 18 or22 Media according to 0 6 8 10 10 10 10 embodiment 3: Example 15 Mediaaccording to 0 6 8 10 10 10 10 embodiment 5 or 7: Example 19 or 23

TABLE 4 Isolated bacteria that could be found in urine Pathologicalmaterial, Claimed nutrient Classification urine media Prototype OrderEnterobacteriales Enterobacteriales Enterobacteriales FamilyEnterobacteriaceae Enterobacteriaceae Enterobacteriaceae SpeciesEscherichia coli Escherichia coli Escherichia coli Shigella spp Shigellaspp Enterbacter cloacae Enterbacter cloacae Enterobacter hormaecheiEnterobacter hormaechei

TABLE 5 Isolated bacteria that could be found in wound exudate (woundfluid) Pathological material, wound exudate (wound Claimed nutrientClassification fluid) media Prototype Order EnterobacterialesEnterobacteriales Enterobacteriales Family EnterobacteriaceaeEnterobacteriaceae Enterobacteriaceae Species Enterobacter aerogensEnterobacter aerogens Klebsiella oxytoca Enterobacter asburiaeEnterobacter asburiae Enterobacter cancerogenus Enterobactercancerogenus Enterobacter cloacae Enterobacter cloacae Enterobacterhormaechei Enterobacter hormaechei Klebsiella oxytoca Klebsiella oxytocaKlebsiella pneumoniae Klebsiella pneumoniae Pantoea aggloerans Pantoeaaggloerans

TABLE 6 Isolated bacteria that could be found in mucous Pathologicalmaterial, Claimed nutrient Classification mucous media Prototype 1 2 3 4Order Bacillales Bacillales Bacillales Pseudomonales PseudomonalesClostridiales Clostridiales Actinomycetales ActinomycetalesLactobacillales Lactobacillales Burkholderiales BurkholderialesSphingomonadales Sphingomonadales Family StaphylococcaceaeStaphylococcaceae Staphylococcaceae CorynebacteriuaceaeCorynebacteriuaceae Streptococcaceae Streptococcaceae PseudomonadaceaePseudomonadaceae Alcaligenaceae Alcaligenaceae CarnobacteriaceaeCarnobacteriaceae Sphingomonadaceae Sphingomonadaceae OxalobacteraceaeOxalobacteraceae Species Staphylococcus epidermididis Staphylococcusepidermididis Staphylococcus epidermididis Lactobacillus rhamnosusLactobacillus rhamnosus Pseudomonas sp Pseudomonas sp Pseudomonasaeruginosa Pseudomonas aeruginosa Achromobacter insolitus Achromobacterinsolitus Achromobacter xylosoxidans Achromobacter xylosoxidansAchromobacter sp Achromobacter sp Granulicatella adiacens Granulicatellaadiacens Sphingomonas sp Sphingomonas sp Streptococcus sp Streptococcussp Hebaspirillum sp Hebaspirillum sp Corynebacterium striatumCorynebacterium striatum Granulicatella adiacens Granulicatella adiacensAchromobacter denitrificans Achromobacter denitrificans

The invention claimed is:
 1. A nutrient media for cultivating bacteriacomprising a pancreatic digest of casein, pepsin digest of meat,pancreatic digest of a heart, yeast extract, starch, water, violuricacid, beef infusion, in the following ratio of components: 0.3-1.0 wt %pancreatic digest of casein; 0.1-1.5 wt % pepsin digest of meat; 0.1-0.9wt % pancreatic digest of a heart; 0.1-2.0 wt % yeast extract; 0.3-0.8wt % starch; 2.0-15 wt % infusion of beef; 0.001-0.05 wt % violuricacid; and water—the rest.
 2. The nutrient medium according to claim 1,further comprising 0.3-2.5 wt % agar-agar.
 3. The nutrient mediumaccording to claim 2, further comprising 1-15 wt % horse blood serum. 4.The nutrient medium according to claim 2, further comprising 1-20 wt %erythrocytes of ram blood.
 5. The nutrient medium according to claim 2further comprising 1-20 wt % erythrocytes of human blood.
 6. Thenutrient medium according to claim 1, further comprising 1-15 wt % horseblood serum.
 7. The nutrient medium according to claim 1, furthercomprising 1-20 wt % erythrocytes of ram blood.
 8. The nutrient mediumaccording to claim 7, further comprising 1-20 wt % hemolyzederythrocytes of ram blood.
 9. The nutrient medium according to claim 1,further comprising 1-20 wt % erythrocytes of human blood.
 10. Thenutrient medium according to claim 9, further comprising 1-20 wt %hemolyzed erythrocytes of human blood.